The charted bus route connecting Hong Kong and Zhuhai's Xiangzhou district began operation on April 11, with its first bus on the route transporting 21 hi-tech enterprise representatives from Hong Kong and Macao to Xiangzhou via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.

These enterprises mainly engage in areas of energy conservation and emission reduction, hi-tech medical treatment, biotechnology, and supercomputer technology.

The delegation visited the Xiangzhou Innovation Harbor in Nanping Sci-Tech Ecocity, which has a total area of 87,000 square meters (21.5 acres) and floorage of 500,000 sq m (124 acres). As a brand-new industrial platform, it focuses on new-generation information and technology and intelligent manufacturing. The ecocity strives to be a cultivation and incubation base for sci-tech enterprises, as well as a demonstrative industrial park for benchmark industries in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The delegation visits Xiangzhou Innovation Harbor in Nanping Sci-Tech Ecocity [Photo courtesy WeChat account: zhxiangzhou]

A promotion fair on Xiangzhou's investment environment and an exchange meeting were also held that day, allowing Hong Kong and Macao entrepreneurs to learn more about Xiangzhou's latest development and potential business opportunities. 

Hong Kong, being reputed as the bridgehead of global trade and the center of global finance, is an important bridge connecting the Chinese mainland and the global market. 

Xiangzhou has been devoting continuous efforts to attracting Hong Kong and Macao entrepreneurs to invest in the district, promoting in-depth cooperation in areas of technology transformation, trade logistics, finance, and high-end services.

The operation of this bus route has contributed to the establishment of exchange platforms for Hong Kong and Macao entrepreneurs and Xiangzhou. The district plans to hold regular events, and will continue to invite Hong Kong and Macao hi-tech enterprises to visit Xiangzhou.